Morning Briefing #61 — June 6, 2026

Morning Briefing #61 — June 6, 2026Your daily briefing connecting world events, technology, and education.No political slant. Just facts.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📋 IN TODAY'S EPISODE━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌍 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD────────────────────────────────Here's what's shaping the world today.US Strikes Iranian Coastal Sites After Drones Fired Toward Strait of HormuzUS forces struck Iranian coastal radar installations on Goruk and Qeshm Island on Saturday after shooting down four Iranian one-way attack drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz, marking the latest escalation in the three-month-old conflict. Hours later, Iran fired seven ballistic missiles toward US military positions in Kuwait and Bahrain. Despite ongoing indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran, a ceasefire deal remains elusive — Iran is demanding access to billions in frozen oil revenue, sanctions waivers, and leverage over the strait, while the US insists on verifiable missile program concessions. More than three months into the war that began February 28, the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to commercial shipping, with only a handful of vessels transiting daily compared to the normal flow of roughly 100 per day. An estimated 1,550 vessels and 22,500 mariners remain stranded, and the UN Trade and Development agency has called it the largest disruption to global energy supply since the 1970s oil crises.India's Cockroach Janata Party Holds First Street Protest in New DelhiHundreds of mostly young people in cockroach masks gathered at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar — India's most famous protest strip — on Friday in what marks the satirical movement's leap from social media to the streets. The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) was founded on May 16 by political strategist Abhijeet Dipke after India's Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed youth and government critics to "cockroaches" and "parasites of society." In barely three weeks, the parody party — whose name riffs on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party — has amassed over 20 million Instagram followers, eclipsing both the BJP and the Indian National Congress. The Indian government has responded aggressively: the CJP's X account was withheld in India under national security provisions, and its website was taken down. Friday's protest demanded the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over exam irregularities and called attention to chronic youth unemployment in a nation where roughly half the population is under 25.SpaceX Launches Record-Breaking $75 Billion IPO RoadshowSpaceX kicked off its institutional roadshow on June 4, ahead of what would be the largest initial public offering in stock market history. The company is targeting an IPO price of $135 per share for 556.6 million shares, aiming to raise $75 billion at a valuation of $1.75 trillion — nearly three times Saudi Aramco's 2019 record of $25.6 billion. Demand has already reached approximately $150 billion according to early reports. In a notable departure from convention, SpaceX plans to allocate 25 to 30 percent of the offering to retail investors, far above the typical 5 to 10 percent. Share pricing is expected after market close on June 11, with first trading on Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX targeted for June 12.---💻 THE TECH CONNECTION────────────────────────────────What's moving in AI and emerging tech.OpenAI Launches "Dreaming V3" — Its Biggest Memory Overhaul Yet(continued in YouTube show notes)